Snot rockets - how much responsibility should I share?
09-29-22, 05:01 PM
#51
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 12,201
Bikes: (2) ti TiCycles, 2007 w/ triple and 2011 fixed, 1979 Peter Mooney, ~1983 Trek 420 now fixed and ~1973 Raleigh Carlton Competition gravel grinder
Mentioned: 121 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4348 Post(s)
Liked 3,411 Times
in
2,209 Posts
One point should be made clear. I'm not sure this thread is the place but I'll start here. The issue at stake is not a rocket (or s'not a rocket). It's a projectile or shot. (Rockets are self propelled. Shots are propelled by an explosive force usually restrained by a tube (in this case, our nostril).
So, snot shots, not snot rockets.
So, snot shots, not snot rockets.
Likes For 79pmooney:
09-29-22, 06:22 PM
#52
Grupetto Bob
Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: Seattle-ish
Posts: 4,994
Bikes: Bikey McBike Face
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2009 Post(s)
Liked 4,062 Times
in
2,200 Posts
Likes For rsbob:
09-29-22, 06:23 PM
#53
Grupetto Bob
Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: Seattle-ish
Posts: 4,994
Bikes: Bikey McBike Face
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2009 Post(s)
Liked 4,062 Times
in
2,200 Posts
One point should be made clear. I'm not sure this thread is the place but I'll start here. The issue at stake is not a rocket (or s'not a rocket). It's a projectile or shot. (Rockets are self propelled. Shots are propelled by an explosive force usually restrained by a tube (in this case, our nostril).
So, snot shots, not snot rockets.
So, snot shots, not snot rockets.
__________________
Road 🚴🏾♂️ & Mountain 🚵🏾♂️
Road 🚴🏾♂️ & Mountain 🚵🏾♂️
Likes For rsbob:
Likes For Milton Keynes:
09-29-22, 07:48 PM
#55
Standard Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Brunswick, Maine
Posts: 3,879
Bikes: 1948 P. Barnard & Son, 1962 Rudge Sports, 1963 Freddie Grubb Routier, 1980 Manufrance Hirondelle, 1983 F. Moser Sprint, 1989 Raleigh Technium Pre, 2001 Raleigh M80
Mentioned: 24 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1151 Post(s)
Liked 698 Times
in
350 Posts
09-29-22, 07:49 PM
#56
Standard Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Brunswick, Maine
Posts: 3,879
Bikes: 1948 P. Barnard & Son, 1962 Rudge Sports, 1963 Freddie Grubb Routier, 1980 Manufrance Hirondelle, 1983 F. Moser Sprint, 1989 Raleigh Technium Pre, 2001 Raleigh M80
Mentioned: 24 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1151 Post(s)
Liked 698 Times
in
350 Posts
09-29-22, 08:00 PM
#57
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Hacienda Hgts
Posts: 1,944
Bikes: 1999 Schwinn Peloton Ultegra 10, Kestrel RT-1000 Ultegra, Trek Marlin 6 Deore 29'er
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 763 Post(s)
Liked 1,804 Times
in
870 Posts
Just as an aside.
I take Benadryl at night and a Claritin in the AM and this keeps me dry and discharge free.
YMMV
I take Benadryl at night and a Claritin in the AM and this keeps me dry and discharge free.
YMMV
09-29-22, 09:07 PM
#59
Grupetto Bob
Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: Seattle-ish
Posts: 4,994
Bikes: Bikey McBike Face
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2009 Post(s)
Liked 4,062 Times
in
2,200 Posts
Old enough to be your father. Since I was not married to your mother at the time that makes you a…………………………………..very fortunate son.
Sorry, don’t go for the insult bait. Try again, but put some thought into it.
Sorry, don’t go for the insult bait. Try again, but put some thought into it.
__________________
Road 🚴🏾♂️ & Mountain 🚵🏾♂️
Road 🚴🏾♂️ & Mountain 🚵🏾♂️
09-29-22, 09:28 PM
#60
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 7,255
Mentioned: 35 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6498 Post(s)
Liked 10,142 Times
in
4,345 Posts
In a thread which has produced many different opinions, I think you may have managed to create unanimity with this post.
Likes For Koyote:
09-29-22, 09:48 PM
#61
ignominious poltroon
Join Date: Jan 2022
Posts: 3,418
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1915 Post(s)
Liked 2,867 Times
in
1,521 Posts
What if someone does this and winds up spraying everyone around them with blood, because they induced a nose bleed?
Then you have even more of a bio-hazard.
Then you have even more of a bio-hazard.
09-29-22, 09:58 PM
#62
Grupetto Bob
Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: Seattle-ish
Posts: 4,994
Bikes: Bikey McBike Face
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2009 Post(s)
Liked 4,062 Times
in
2,200 Posts
Reminds me of a time when I had a spontaneous nose bleed just before a mile long 8% climb. My heart was pumping so hard there was no way i could stop the bleed. By the time I got to the top there was blood everywhere. Looked like someone punched me in the nose and it was on my jersey, shorts and bike. When I got home my wife wanted to know what the other guy looked like after she finished freaking out.
__________________
Road 🚴🏾♂️ & Mountain 🚵🏾♂️
Road 🚴🏾♂️ & Mountain 🚵🏾♂️
09-29-22, 10:32 PM
#63
ignominious poltroon
Join Date: Jan 2022
Posts: 3,418
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1915 Post(s)
Liked 2,867 Times
in
1,521 Posts
Yikes. I would have stopped and waited for the sealant to work.
Likes For Polaris OBark:
09-29-22, 11:25 PM
#64
seńor miembro
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Pac NW
Posts: 8,106
Bikes: '70s - '80s Campagnolo
Mentioned: 89 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3511 Post(s)
Liked 5,636 Times
in
2,829 Posts
09-30-22, 12:40 AM
#65
ignominious poltroon
Join Date: Jan 2022
Posts: 3,418
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1915 Post(s)
Liked 2,867 Times
in
1,521 Posts
09-30-22, 07:27 AM
#67
Standard Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Brunswick, Maine
Posts: 3,879
Bikes: 1948 P. Barnard & Son, 1962 Rudge Sports, 1963 Freddie Grubb Routier, 1980 Manufrance Hirondelle, 1983 F. Moser Sprint, 1989 Raleigh Technium Pre, 2001 Raleigh M80
Mentioned: 24 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1151 Post(s)
Liked 698 Times
in
350 Posts
You have any better ideas? Coughing, sneezing, spitting, blowing one's nose while continuing to ride is never going to be as easy or sanitary as at home. Tell us what we should do.
09-30-22, 07:32 AM
#68
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 7,255
Mentioned: 35 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6498 Post(s)
Liked 10,142 Times
in
4,345 Posts
You believe that blowing your nose into your hand is more sanitary than blowing a snot rocket onto the road? Really?
Likes For Koyote:
09-30-22, 08:29 AM
#69
Tragically Ignorant
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: New England
Posts: 15,613
Bikes: Serotta Atlanta; 1994 Specialized Allez Pro; Giant OCR A1; SOMA Double Cross Disc; 2022 Allez Elite mit der SRAM
Mentioned: 62 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8183 Post(s)
Liked 9,077 Times
in
5,047 Posts
-Billy Wilder
09-30-22, 08:31 AM
#70
Tragically Ignorant
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: New England
Posts: 15,613
Bikes: Serotta Atlanta; 1994 Specialized Allez Pro; Giant OCR A1; SOMA Double Cross Disc; 2022 Allez Elite mit der SRAM
Mentioned: 62 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8183 Post(s)
Liked 9,077 Times
in
5,047 Posts
What if you go into space and the Alien sticks to your face, and then bursts out of your chest during a group ride? Then you have an even bigger threat to the continuing existence of the human species.
Likes For livedarklions:
09-30-22, 08:35 AM
#71
Tragically Ignorant
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: New England
Posts: 15,613
Bikes: Serotta Atlanta; 1994 Specialized Allez Pro; Giant OCR A1; SOMA Double Cross Disc; 2022 Allez Elite mit der SRAM
Mentioned: 62 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8183 Post(s)
Liked 9,077 Times
in
5,047 Posts
Sleeves. At least that way it gets confined to the garment. You lost everyone when you talked about gunking up your hands and bars.
Likes For livedarklions:
09-30-22, 08:38 AM
#72
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 5,193
Bikes: Colnago, Van Dessel, Factor, Cervelo, Ritchey
Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3433 Post(s)
Liked 6,223 Times
in
2,516 Posts
I wait until I'm in a dumpster looking for Vodka before I launch a snot rocket. Of course, I wait until I'm done with my search -- it would be disgusting to do it when I first get in the dumpster.
Likes For tomato coupe:
Likes For prj71:
09-30-22, 08:41 AM
#74
ignominious poltroon
Join Date: Jan 2022
Posts: 3,418
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1915 Post(s)
Liked 2,867 Times
in
1,521 Posts
Or you could simply adhere to basic social conventions that suggest not relieving yourself in public.
09-30-22, 08:44 AM
#75
Tragically Ignorant
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: New England
Posts: 15,613
Bikes: Serotta Atlanta; 1994 Specialized Allez Pro; Giant OCR A1; SOMA Double Cross Disc; 2022 Allez Elite mit der SRAM
Mentioned: 62 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8183 Post(s)
Liked 9,077 Times
in
5,047 Posts
